​Flash back to 1952 class at W.E. Thompson Public School, Kincardine

There are many familiar faces here in the Grades 7-8 class at W.E. Thompson Public School in Kincardine, dated January, 1952.

These were the Grades 9-10 students I met when I entered Grade 9 in September, 1953, at Kincardine District High School.

The clipping lists the names from left to right which confused me a great deal, but I think I figured it out. If you don’t agree, let me know.



Standing, from left: three in back: Mr. Thompson, Glen Hedley, Boyd Hartwick
Next row: Sheila McKay (left), Bob Clarke, Bob McTavish (Grade 7), Ted Surridge (Grade 7), Wayne Scott (Grade 7), Doug Love (Grade 7), Dick Goodwin (Grade 7), Terry Purves, John Bradley (Grade 7), Leona Stanley, Judy Urquhart, Jeanette Bowers, Shirley Stanley, Rita Wolfe, Ronnie Stanley, Sam Kincaid, Nellie Smith, Roberta Robinson, Mrs. McKay (spare teacher)
Seated - first row, from left, front to back: Mike Palmer, Lynette Walpole, John Mcleod; second row, from left: Sandra Brown, John Miller, Paul Irwin, Gladys Fitzgerald, Nelson Taylor, Lois Buckingham; third row, from left: Allan Hughes, Shirley Bennett, Ray Parkinson, Ted Laughtenslager, ? Wayland, Phyllis Purves; fourth row, from left: Dorothy Holmes, Eleanor Young, John Sutherland, Ken Wright, Jane Anderson, Pat Hunter

-- Ruth Anne Hollands Robinson
November, 2025